Republicans make criminals of women and their doctors

Tuesday

Oct 10, 2017 at 4:02 PMOct 10, 2017 at 4:02 PM

Oct. 10 — To the Editor:

Way to go House of Representatives…passing a bill that criminalizes abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is outrageous ideological nonsense. I counseled pregnant teens for three decades, and my daughter is a maternal-fetal medicine doctor, a leader in her specialized field of obstetrics with high risk women. Never have I known a girl, or a woman who determined to end a pregnancy, especially after the first trimester, who wasn’t anguished by the decision.

Typically, the determination to end a pregnancy, especially late in the first trimester, is because the woman’s and/or the fetus’ health was gravely at risk. For Republican representatives to sit in a dysfunctional Congress and decide to make criminals out of women facing a difficult, often traumatic decision is outrageous! It demonstrates ignorance and blind allegiance to ideology that has nothing to do with good medical practice or the health and well-being of individuals struggling with profoundly personal and very distressing issues.

Where does our Governor stand in our state of live free or die? With women and their doctors or with an inept President and a group of ignorant House Republicans who think they can legislate a way to punish women? Does our Governor stand with a President who has NO respect for women?

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